Digital Hinduism - Dharma and Discourse in the Age of New Media

Digital Hinduism examines how Hinduism is being defined, reformed, and rearticulated in the digital era and how these changes are impacting the way Hindus view their own religious identities.

List of contents

Introduction: Digital Paths to the Divine? New Media, Hinduism, and the Transformation of Dharmic Discourse and Practice, Murali Balaji
Part I
Chapter 1: The Significance of Non-Participatory Digital Religion: The Saiva Siddhanta Church and the Development of a Global Hinduism, Heinz Scheifinger
Chapter 2: The Formation of Online Religious Identities: A Case Study of the Internet-Hindu in India's Cyberspace, Denzil Chetty
Chapter 3: From Newsgroups to #hashtags: Mapping Pattern of Online Hindu Religious Practices, K.S. Arul Selvan
Part II
Chapter 4: Mirabai Sings on YouTube: The Transmission of a Poet-Saint in the Age of Digital Devotion, Lakshmi Chandrashekar Subramanian
Chapter 5: Creating Spaces for Progressive Voices in Hinduism: My Experience with the Queer Hindu Blogosphere, Shikhandi
Part III
Chapter 6: Dharma Deen Alliance: Cyber Resistance and Building Online Hindu-Muslim Unity, Ravi Grover
Chapter 7: #Hinduphobia: Hate Speech, Bigotry, and Oppression of Hindus through the Internet, Sachi Edwards
Chapter 8: Digital Divide, Diasporic Identity, and a Spiritual Upgrade, Charu Uppal
Chapter 9: Digitalizing the Diasporic Subaltern: How Caribbean Hinduism Is Preserved through the Web, Murali Balaji
Conclusion: Digital Dilemmas and New Paradigms in Digital Dharma, Murali Balaji

About the author

Edited by Murali Balaji - Contributions by Murali Balaji; Denzil Chetty; Sachi Edwards; Ravi Grover; Heinz Scheifinger; K.S. Arul Selvan; Lakshmi Chandrashekar Subramanian; Charu Uppal and Shikhandi

Product details

• Authors: Murali Balaji
• Assisted by: Murali Balaji (Editor), Balaji Murali (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781498559171
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5917-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical; Explorations in Indic Traditio; Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical; Explorations in Indic Traditio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Theology, RELIGION / Hinduism / Theology, Hinduism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / General